Trump says Massie is 'gonna be history' as 'big, beautiful bill' jumps final hurdles to passage
President Donald Trump slammed Republican Kentucky Rep Thomas Massie for his opposition to the big beautiful bill as the massive piece of bill cleared one of its final hurdles Tuesday before it's anticipated to land on Trump's desk by the Fourth of July deadline Trump advised the media from Air Force One that he predicts Massie will be history come primary season He's going to have an opponent Trump stated the media from Air Force One Tuesday afternoon of Massie's upcoming primary next year He's going to have a big opponent a good opponent who's going to win A poll just came out and it indicated anybody I endorse against Massie Massie loses by points So he's he's gonna be history I think I just don't think he does a good job for the country He's invariably a no I call him Rand Paul Junior Trump continued referring to Kentucky Sen Rand Paul's opposition to the big beautiful bill He's inevitably a no Nothing constructive at all at all I mean just terrible Thomas Massie from Kentucky and nothing constructive I don't think he's a very smart guy TRUMP PRESSURES CONGRESS TO PASS 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ' INSISTING 'NO ONE GOES ON VACATION UNTIL IT S DONE'Trump spoke to the media after landing back in the nation's capital following a short trip to the Florida Everglades to tour a new illegal immigrant detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz The Senate passed the big beautiful bill while Trump was speaking at a roundtable at the detention center Trump had rallied Republican lawmakers to pass the budget reconciliation bill since his inauguration celebrating that it will advance his agenda on taxes immigration power defense and the national debt The vast majority of Republican lawmakers voted in sponsorship of various versions of the bill while a handful of Republicans such as Massie Paul North Carolina Sen Thom Tillis and Maine Sen Susan Collins rejected supporting the legislation's passage Massie specifically bucked supporting the measure when it was in the House earlier in by citing it would add trillion of federal debt over years MUSK AGREES WITH MASSIE THAT BILL IS 'DEBT BOMB TICKING' AND 'MISSED OPPORTUNITY' FOR CONSERVATIVES I d love to stand here and tell the American people We can cut your taxes and increase spending and everything is going to be just fine But I can t do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality Massie disclosed on the House floor in May This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near-term but promises our regime will be fiscally responsible five years from now Where have we heard that before MASSIE CALLS ON ELON MUSK TO FUND PRIMARY CHALLENGES AGAINST REPUBLICANS WHO BACKED TRUMP TAX BILLAs the bill made its way through both chambers former Trump ally and special authorities employee Elon Musk aligned himself with lawmakers such as Massie and Paul in their rule criticisms Musk reinvigorated his feud with Trump Monday including vowing on X that he would work to unseat lawmakers if they vote in patronage of Trump's bill Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year Musk posted to X Monday evening The message was accompanied by an image of Pinocchio sitting on fire and the caption LIAR Voted to increase America's DEBT by Musk added in an X post that he plans to promotion Massie's re-election campaign Trump added in his remarks from Air Force One that he does not think about Massie when solicited if he's trying to make an example of the lawmaker I don't think about him Trump revealed When I oppose somebody I oppose somebody And for selected reason the voters almost perpetually seem to go along with me because they know I'm working hard I have a nice high IQ They like that They like high-IQ people but they know I make good decisions Massie's office did not forthwith respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Trump's remarks
